How do I tell Entity Framework to use SQL Server Compact in code first?

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How do I change my app.config or Migration Configuration.cs file so Entity Framework uses a local SDF file instead of a local SQL Server instance ? I am using EF 6.1.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
 <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit      http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
<section name="entityFramework"type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
  </configSections>
  <entityFramework>
  <defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory,  EntityFramework" />
<providers>
  <provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient"   type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" />
</providers>
</entityFramework>
</configuration>

jensendp · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-15 19:15:50Z

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You should just be able to specify the ProviderName in the connection string to your database.

<connectionStrings>
<add name="DataModelContext"
     providerName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"
     connectionString="Data Source=location\cfdb.sdf"/>

answered Apr 15, 2014 at 19:15

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ErikEJ Over a year ago

And install the EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact nuget package

jensendp Over a year ago

Yep, I shouldn't have assumed that.

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